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DHILLON'S (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o39800 (26 October 2000)
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DHILLON'S (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o39800 (26 October 2000)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/398/00
- Decision date
- 26 October 2000
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- DHILLON'S
- Classes
- 29, 30, 42
- Applicant
- Daljeev Singh Dhillon & Sukhvinder Kaur Dhillon
- Opponent
- Harkirat Singh Dhillon
- Opposition
- Section 3(1)(b)
Result
Section 3(1)(b) - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
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Application of Registry's surname practice
Summary
The opponents’ case rested on the claim that Dhillon was a common surname, and the phonetic equivalent of an even more common UK surname "Dillon". The Hearing Officer stayed close to the current Registry practice in relation to surnames and the phonetic equivalents thereof, and the opposition failed accordingly.